Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2004 11:47:57 +0100 From: Andre Oppermann <oppermann@pipeline.ch> To: Jeremie LE HEN <le-hen_j@epita.fr> Cc: net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: VLAN MTU problem in 4.9 ? Message-ID: <3FF940DD.19D6E577@pipeline.ch> References: <Law10-F39Jt6H3xApp20004d98e@hotmail.com> <20040105104351.GA2112@carpediem.epita.fr>
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Jeremie LE HEN wrote: > > > I know now, that xl interface can't pass 1504 frames > > and most 1G interfaces can > > don't know about another 100M interfaces > > Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 also supports it. I don't know if << Jumbo > Frames >> are supported under FreeBSD with this network adapter, but it > is under Linux with the driver developped by Intel (named "e100"). The > old driver (named "eepro100") does not originally support Jumbo frames, > but a minor modification can enable it. > See http://www.softlab.ntua.gr/~afornaro/downloads/vlan-eepro.patch for > more informations. Be careful not to mix the term jumbo frames with the 4-byte addition for VLANs. Jumbo frames are frames which are something like 9000 bytes. To answer your question; the Intel Etherexpress Pro/100 as it is supported by the fxp driver accepts and sends the 4-byte VLAN enhanced ethernet frames. -- Andre
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